China sees a chance to lure jaded US allies

HONG KONG—China has seized upon the disarray left by President Trump within the trans-Atlantic alliance, denouncing his push to acquire Greenland and trying to entice U.S. allies with the promise of reliable trade partnerships.

But as some of Washington’s traditional allies tiptoe closer to Beijing, they appear clear-eyed about the danger of leaving the U.S. embrace only to end up in the hands of another superpower.

“In a world of great power rivalry, the countries in between have a choice—compete with each other for favor, or to combine to create a third path with impact,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared in a speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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Chinese EVs are coming to Canada. So should they be built here too?

The Canadian auto sector could be poised for its biggest shakeup since the arrival decades ago of Ontario assembly plants operated by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

Much depends on whether Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes beyond last week’s landmark decision by Ottawa to allow up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) into the Canadian market after effectively banning them with 100 per cent tariffs since August 2024.


Carney will let his CCP handlers do as they wish.

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Starmer’s security chief says Hamas should keep some guns during peace process

Sir Keir Starmer’s lead security aide has been lobbying for Hamas to keep some of its guns as part of the Gaza peace process.

Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister’s national security adviser, believes the terror group should be permitted to retain AK-47s and other personal weapons, in order to break the deadlock in stalled talks on phase two of the ceasefire.

“He’s been hammering the phone with [the] Americans, trying to push what’s seen on this side as a realistic way forward, as against the Israeli approach,” a source close to the negotiations said.

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Toronto real estate: 100,000 jobs at risk as new home sales drop to lowest level in 45 years

Toronto-area new home sales just tanked to their worst year on record.

The situation is ”absolutely dire,” said the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) in a Thursday report, noting the consequences are rippling through Ontario’s economy, which relies heavily on homebuilding for employment, future housing supply, and economic growth.


Just last year the Liberal Party created a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens employed by law breaking construction companies.

The LPC literally rewarded these companies for hiring illegals.

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Trade with China, But Don’t Fall in Love

Canada’s recent trade advances with China—including renewed access for canola, lobster, and beef, alongside the lifting of visa restrictions—have triggered predictable reactions at home. Some see these developments as a long-overdue reset in a strained relationship. Others worry Canada is drifting into geopolitical territory that could unsettle our most important ally, the United States. As is often the case with trade, the reality is more nuanced than either camp suggests.

h/t handy n handsome

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Lutnick suggests Canada-China deal threatens CUSMA renegotiation

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Canada is “playing with a set of rules that they haven’t really thought through” by moving to reset relations with China ahead of trade deal renegotiations with the United States.

Lutnick made the comments in an interview with Bloomberg in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.

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Panda sex and deer threesomes fluster Florida parents

Outraged adults in Orange County have tried to ban Katharina von der Gathen’s book Do Animals Fall in Love?, which describes the sex lives of animals

The average bedbug does it 200 times a day, the lion up to 40 and the pigeon approximately seven. Pandas do it once a year, and an eel will do it once in a lifetime.

The Asiatic black bear has a penchant for doing it alone, the female Adélie penguin will do it in exchange for pebbles, while barnacles do it en masse and indiscriminately with monstrously long appendages.

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